"UK Athletics are putting in place an institute that's based in Loughborough," explained Minichiello. "There's a requirement for some of the roles to be there five or six days a week as you would expect, that's where the service provision is going to come from.

"Unfortunately I can't commit that amount of time to Loughbrough because first and foremost I coach Jessica Ennis and she can't spend that amount of time in Loughborough.

"She's going to spend it in Sheffield where there are great facilities, where her team is closer to her."

Ennis' gold medal success came 15 years after she was first coached by Minichiello, who remains confident they will continue to work together despite the changes to UK Athletics.

"I wasn't the only one in that position, there were other guys made redundant from UK Athletics from coaching roles, that's basically the nature of sport and it moves on.

"We're still having some discussions about a potential consultancy role so we'll see how that goes."

Minichiello does not anticipate any changes to the way he and Ennis work together, telling BBC Radio Sheffield: "I was her coach when I was working in another job so there'll be no change there.

"Normally I'm at the track seven days a week, hopefully that won't change."

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